Maharashtra government on Tuesday decided to allow markets and shops to remain open for an additional two hours from July 9 further relaxing the lockdown restrictions in the state.
The state government made this decision with an aim to control or reduce crowding. Markets and shops can now remain open from 9 am to 7 pm, an extension of two hours from the existing closing deadline of 5 pm, in non-containment zones.
The municipal corporations in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, Pune, Solapur, Aurangabad, Malegaon, Nashik, Dhule, Jalgaon, Akola, Amravati and Nagpur, markets have been permitted to remain open on all seven days of the week the notification reads.
However, shops in these areas will function on alternate days. “Now in further relaxation with an objective to control/reduce crowding, the markets/shops will be permitted to open for 2 additional hours and can function from 9 am to 7 pm,†it stated.
“If any crowding or failure of social distancing norms is seen, then the authorities will immediately close down such markets/shops, the notification readsâ€.
